Celadon Company Orientation Physical Question

No stairs. No duck walk under a trailer. But, you need to get your blood pressure under control.

 

How do they deal with the sleep apnea deal? Do they send you home for a sleep study if your BMI is off, or neck size is too big?

 

Celadon will send you for a sleep apnea study if you meet the criteria. We had several candidates in our oritentation class go through the study to get medical clearance.
One of Celadon's big advantages is the fact they have a health and medical clinic right at their Indy terminal. They have physicians and P.A.'s there and you can actually be seen if you are sick, hurt, etc. You go through your D.O.T. physical there during your 5 day orientation as well.
As for physical evaluations, they will get a good idea if you can do the job when you start your training. They don't have a strength or agility assessment like some other carriers do, but you will be hooking and unhooking trailers and performing everyday tasks during yor training as it pertains to your job.
Just don't try to hide any physical issues you might have. They DO check your past medical history and if you are caught either lying or not disclosing any existing conditions, you will be history. Celadon does not tolerate nondisclosure or lying on applications. Just an FYI.

 

Celadon will pay for the equipment and then I believe they take so much each paycheck to get reimbursed. Either way, even if you're diagnosed with it, it doesn't necessarily mean a ticket home.

 

Celadon will cover the up front cost of your sleep study, your CPAP machine, and the equipment that comes with it which allows you to use the CPAP without needing to idle the truck. They will deduct a certain amount from your check each week (they will tell you how much it will be at the same time that they issue your CPAP to you) but these deductions will not begin until your 6th paycheck. Why your 6th paycheck? What the nurse will tell you is that they want you to make a little money first before they start charging you. Whether you actually will or not is a whole different discussion entirely.

 

Me? I'm going back to Celadon in February. They were good to me. I only left to pursue what I thought at the time were greener pastures. At Celadon you don't have to run around like a chicken with your head cut off in order to get somewhere on time just because you're on e-logs. They actually know how to plan loads properly. My pay was always correct. They take really good care of their equipment. They get you home when you tell them you wanna be there. Sometimes they might be a day or two off because they didn't have a load in the area you were in that could have gotten you home on the exact date that you requested to be off, but that's trucking.